Social Skills Contracts in Solihull

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Solihull. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 14 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -8
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 12 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 23.08% 14.05% 12.31%
As % of the General category 28.57% 44.74% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 2
10th Percentile £220 £206 £248
25th Percentile £281 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £342 £275 £350
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% -21.48% -37.73%
75th Percentile £420 £696 £407
90th Percentile £500 £813 £433
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%

All General Skills
Solihull

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 42 38 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 80.77% 31.40% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 7
10th Percentile £220 £213 £258
25th Percentile £303 £275 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £360 £350
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £513 £536 £488
90th Percentile £592 £813 £540
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £19.30 £20.97
% change year-on-year +14.28% -7.99% +27.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Solihull

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Solihull.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Solihull

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Solihull over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Solihull

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Solihull.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Solihull

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) JBoss
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DKIM
1 1 (8.33%) DMARC
1 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI
3 1 (8.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) Maven
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
1 1 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
1 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Administrator
1 2 (16.67%) Architect
1 2 (16.67%) Data Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) DBA
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) SQL DBA
1 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Java Applications Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Java Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Software Packaging
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.33%) Java SE
2 1 (8.33%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) Spring
2 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Agile
1 3 (25.00%) Coaching
1 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (25.00%) DevOps
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL
1 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Database Security
2 2 (16.67%) High Availability
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (16.67%) Master Data Management
2 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (8.33%) CIPD
5 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (8.33%) Databricks